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About my novel, Leap the Wild Water
Megan Jones tries to carve a life she can call her own in a community where women are neither equal nor free. Her brother, Morgan, is a man in torment; his Mam has died and he is now desperate to make...
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Indie authors have to jump off the cliff without knowing if they can fly.
I’ve just published my first novel, Leap the Wild Water, on Amazon. When my novel went ‘live’, my feelings were ones of elation and terror in equal measure. It really felt like jumping off a cliff...
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The consequences for women of sexual double standards.
In the time of my novel, Leap the Wild Water, Megan’s experience was not rare. All women had a pretty hard time of it; they were suppressed in all spheres of their lives and subject to the most...
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Here is a link to my author’s page whic
Here is a link to my author’s page which I’d love you to take a look at. http://ow.ly/j0dx0
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Please RT! If any of my neighbors knew t
Please RT! If any of my neighbors knew the truth about me, they would not be sitting here with me now – LEAP THE WILD WATER. http://ow.ly/j4YIC
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Some totally embarrassing blunders by an idiot, newbie, Indie author
This is a cautionary tale for all you newbie authors out there, published or otherwise. Do not do as I have done to date. Since publishing my novel on Amazon recently, I’ve made more than a few...
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Would you walk in this man’s shoes?
Is there anyone who hasn’t been prompted to say ‘I just don’t understand how anyone could do such a thing?’ We’ve all stood in judgement of another at some point in our lives, and there are some...
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19th century stockings
The prolific stocking knitters of early 19th century Wales. When I discovered the large part wool production played in the lives of my ancestors, and while researching my novel, Leap the Wild Water, I...
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Have you had your oats today?
Oats were once the main staple in the diets of rural people in upland Wales. Part of my research into my family’s past and for my novel, Leap the Wild Water, involved finding out what the rural poor...
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About my novel, Leap the Wild Water
Megan Jones tries to carve a life she can call her own in a community where women are neither equal nor free. Her brother, Morgan, is a man in torment; his Mam has died and he is now desperate to make...
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Old potions, cures and healing herbs
In my novel, Leap the Wild Water, there is a market-place scene where Megan is introduced to an elderly woman called Martha. Martha is a healer, selling the potions she has made. She embarrasses Megan...
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My interview with Indie Author Land.
I was recently interviewed about me and my book on IndieAuthorLand. You can view it here; http://www.indieauthorland.com/archives/3206
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Leap the Wild Water
There are some wrongs which can never be undone; some things said which can never be altered; some paths taken and choices made which lead us into darkness and despair. Sometimes, it is only through...
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Taking your novel to the next level – cutting the crap.
As this blog is about how to craft your story into a novel, I’m assuming you’ve already addressed all those crucial questions you need to ask before you even begin. You know the ones; about plot,...
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Eerie tales of animal rescue. Coincidence or telepathy?
I simply had to write about an incident which happened while I was out walking yesterday. I had been for a long walk with my dogs, over the top of the hills behind my house. It was while I was heading...
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Why we need to reconnect with nature.
A friend was talking yesterday about how much knowledge has been lost to us over the years. In a world where we can acquire almost anything, and all our basic needs are met by the local supermarket, it...
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Awesome walkies today despite the weather.
The long climb up…. Low cloud obscured the tops of the mountains.. Beautiful old hawthorns framing the view east … A derelict shelter…. The view from the cairn on top of the hill was worth the climb…...
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Treasures amid the ruins of past lives.
A passage from Leap the Wild Water; We had reached the ruins of Hafod by then, and I remembered how, years ago, Morgan and I had played in this ruin as children. We’d ride over here on our ponies....
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